Pae18. WNIby FrS PMUs., WodsdaY, JamawY 5. 1904 Under-lO0s wtn. indoor Robbie Whitby's under-lO1soocr teain, anchored by a solid defence, won the prestigious Robbie indoor tournament Dec. 28 at the Scar- borough Soccer Centre. Wihitby won ail four gaines in division play against touej, oppo- sition, and thon edged Wexford 2-1 in the final. Whitby beçan the tournament with a 3-1 wmn over Scarborough on goals by Tyler Mattin, Paul Koittos and Ciaran Thompson. Erie Shah scoed the only goal in a Whitby i over Glen Shields, undefeat in beague play this season. I another jame against Scar- borough, Whitby won 2-0 on goals byý Kontos and Mattin. Whitby then reached the final with a tough21vietory over Glen Shieldi, Kontos and Mike Bowerrnan scoring. The final featured -a superb defensive dioplay by Whitby againsit a strona Wexford aide. David Morgan was outatand- mgn i n goal, supported by left bak Lam» Reddox, right back Marc Fbego, sweeper Eamon Somerville, centre haif Gavin McCrorie and midlielder Neil Bull. Thompson scored on a penalty klck midway throuh the mscn haif. Shah made it 2-0. before Wexford rallied briefly to score one. The Whitby team i. coached by Frank'Thompson and Nick Kon- ton. Highm-scoring Bswivn in Markham COLO TEMPIERATURES haven't reduced playing pick-up hockey there Thùrsday the crowds at LIck Pond. These youngsters afternoon. were oneO of a hait dozen or so groups Photo by Mark Rossor. Whltby Free Poue Whitby's petite Bs swept their division by winning ail four games and the final te win the l2th annual Markham Ringette Holiday Season Tournament last week The Whitby teamn sponsored by Dodd & Bouter, had abalanced attack with Krzisty Kotarba scoring three goals in the flrst gaine in an 8-2 win over the Whitby novice teain. Nicole Clarke had two goals and twoas3sists in thel10-5 win over Oshawa. Catie Osborne fired three goals and twoaasst in a9-2 win over Markiarn. Megan Yaraslcavitchi led al scorers with five goals in a6- win over Pickering. In the final Pickering scored flrst but Whitby came on strong and Clarke with three goals and Yaraskavitch with two goals put the gaine away. Cai±rie Tully and Nikki Baldasti rounded out the scoring as Whitby won 7-3. Tracy McGillis yed suerlyin goal for tby,'t Bardasfl nished with four goal3 and five assists, Theresa Bugdon had two goals, and two assiste; Clarke seven goals and four assste, Becky Duncan one goal and two-assists, Krystie Krasnaj one goal and two assists, Kotarba eight goals and two assiste, Katie MacDonald three assists, Osborne four goals and three assiste, TMly four goals and seven assists, and Yaraskavitch 10 goals' and six ami" Coaches are John Kotarba and Ralph McGilis and toani manager is Mary Clark.. Bantams beaten by hosts inGezk0ia The Whitby nunor bantam, AA teain, sponsored by the Camaan Ice Machine Company, enjoyed a succesaful week of hockey in Brantford over the Christmnas holidays before loing 2-1 in the, fi nal of the Wayne Gretzky International Minor Hockey Tournament. Whitby went undefeated in round-robin, The firet gaine on Dec. 28 saw a luggishi Whitby cub battle toa 3-3 draw against a league rival Orillia Terriers. With the absence of several players and coach Dave T-hompeon through illn.ss, the teain was handled by assistants Mike Thorne and Rob Olemick. Two gaines on Dec. 29 forced Whitby te pick up the tempo. The. lime of Justin Collins, Steve Mac. and Jainie Barnett proved particularly effective in a 5-2 victoiy over St. Catharines. Forwards Brian Criliy, Todd Farquharson and Daniel Thorne strongly contrihuted te a 6-1 win over Brampton. The return of coach Thompson spurr.d Whitby te an even higher performance level as they trounced N.wrnarket Redmen 10-3 in the tournamnent senii-flnal gain.. The line of Darryl Lewis, Lors Clay and DrkPower sparkled in this contest. Goaltenders Brent Johnson and Richard Sanders turned in stellar performances and constantly frustrated opposition shooters. The defensive cors of Donald Campbell, Brady BI .ely, Ryan McLeod, Dantiel Beuco, Aaron Bryant and Jashua Williams punished opposing forwards with their strong phymc lay- hmhosi eluded Whitby when t 1y e victim te the hast Brantford 99ers. A highlight of the gaine for Whitby was the presentation of their flnalist medalions frin Walter Gretzky, father of Wayne. Winty now bas an overal seasonrecord of 15 wins, eight lasse and six ties. No luck fior atoms in Horseshoe -final The Whitby mqjor atein AAA hockey club, sponsored by Dundas Centre Guardian Drugs, nmade it te the finals in the Burlington Golden Horseshoe Invitational Third period penalties proved costly as Whitby bast 3-2 ta Quinte in major bantam. AAA hockey Jan. 2. Jason. Hotchikiss opened tii. srngwith tii. only goal in tii. secon io. Quinte teok tii. iead with two power 1ly o1i in the third period befcoreDre Suddons tiedtii. gaine on a Whitby power play. Quinte thon scored with just a Tournainent played over the Christmnas breakc, only, ta, los.a hard-fought champîonship gaine 3-2 te, Detroit Compuware. I round-robin play, Whitby minute rein aining. Mike Row- land make soin. finesaves in tiie On D 3Whitby defeated Markhanx 4-1 as Bon ,th had a goal and- two assiste. Rowland stepped on. breakaway in tii. second period and made other key saves to, koep Wiiitby ahead. Whitby now has 13 wmns, eight lasses and two ties for the sea- son. defeated Oshawa 9-Ã", London 3-1- and Hamilton 6-5. The oniy loss ini the preliminazy round was te Chicago Americans 3-2. The 3-1 record was good enough te gain a wildcardp lace in the semi-final round with Chicago, Teain fllinois and Detroit Compuware. Whitby was the underdog in the semi-final gaine against Team Illimais. However Whitby broke out on top egrly in tii. frst period with thr.e quick goals and went on te, wim 4-1 and advance to the final aglainst Detroit. I the final, once again Whitby was abl. to break out on top w1t% two .ariy goals but it was mot enough as Detroit fought back to tie tiie gaine in the last two minutes of the third period. 'The gaine went on te overtime, with Detroit coniing up witii an .ariy goal to, win the championship 3-2. Scoring in the teurnament was led by Blaine Down with seven goals, 1followed b Steven Farquharson (five), Judd Stevenson (four), Robert Lalonde (tiiree), David Morasse and Kle Branch with two each and singles te Jeif Frazer, Bobby McBride and Mike Morrison. Judd Stevenson had. five assista, followed by Morasse,4 Jy Harrison and Frazer witfr tourr eacii. Branch, MeBride, Reece Robertson and Sean MkacRury iiad three each. Morrison and Jeremy Fisher had two each with singles going tu Stephame Linkiater, Lalonde and Down. The tearn was supported by outstanding gcaltending by the tandem of Ian Watson and Justin Zaminit throughout tiie tournamnent. I mm- - , --" ",-- - --- --- - -- - - -q-, -- ý , -- - - -- - - -- ý > mwm